At the termination of the hills, the Murray forms an angle in turning sharp round to that point, and after an extensive sweep comes up again, so as to form an opposite angle; the distance between the two being 14 or 15 miles, and from the ground on which we stood the head of Lake Bonney bore E.5 degrees S., distant six miles.
On descending from these hills we fell into the overland road, but were soon turned from it by reason of the floods, and obliged to travel along a sandy ridge, forming the left bank of a lagoon, running parallel to the river, into which the waters were fast flowing; but finding a favourable place to cross, at a mile distant, we availed ourselves of it, and encamped on the river side.

In the afternoon we had heavy rain from the west.

During it, Mr.James Hawker, a resident at Moorundi, joined us, and took shelter in our tents.

He had, indeed, kept pace with us all the way from the settlement in his boat, and supplied us with wild fowl on several occasions.
We had showers during the night, but the morning, though cloudy, did not prevent our moving on to Lake Bonney, distant, according to our calculation, between four and five miles.

To determine this correctly, however, I ordered Mr.Poole to run the chain from the river to the lake.
We had seen few or no natives as yet; but expecting to find a large party of them assembled at Lake Bonney, Mr.Eyre went before us with Kenny and Tenbury, leaving Nadbuck and Camboli to shew us the most direct line to the mouth of the little channel which connects Lake Bonney with the Murray, at which I purposed halting.